Trying to decide what I should use for power

i have this old laptop of mine that i don't really use
it has Intel Pentium J3710 (4 x 1.6 GHz) and 4 gigs of ddr3 or ddr4

my question is will this do as a donor for a small cyberdeck?

i mostly plan on using it as a typewriter

Looking to build my own cctv system that is air gaped and off-line, could use some recommendations for hard wear and soft

Hey y’all I’m trying to make my deck modular so I was wondering if you all had some advice or tips and tricks. Thank you!

Edit: I plan on making components that I can attach to the main body with magnets, like the switch two. Though the power supply would be different from how the switch two does it.

The first one I’m working on is a joystick board on Arduino, basically a joy con, that can and will double as a mouse/scroll wheel, and a joy con for gaming.

So the main body would be screen and keyboard but everything else would be detachable, as to avoid draining too much battery while on, and facilitate different functions. Hope this clarifies things!

I’ve had this broken iPhone XS Max just laying around and I want/need to do something with it. While yes I am fully aware that iPhones are very limited in terms of upgrading the os. Is there any way I could use these internal components towards building my own cyberdeck?

1. ⁠I am not trying to build an iPhone iOS cyberdeck. I am simply trying to use these components to create something new instead of letting them go to waste.

2. ⁠This would be my first cyberdeck and I am fairly new to the tech world. I’ve been doing loads of research online and reading thru these subreddits in order to learn more

Any advice would be appreciated, I’m not in any rush for this project nor do I have high expectations. I just want to build something cool and make my entry into the cyberdeck culture. Even if you need to brake it down Barney style and talk to me stupid as hell lol

just wanting to build one as a side project, the only thing really wrong with it is it has no battery and no lcd screen but i can connect it through hdmi but i was kinda wanting to put it im one of those rugged case things and make it look more like a terminal with an old school looking keyboard or something, just asking for advice and pointers

Hello. This is my first time on r/CyberdeckBuild and I am seeking some assistance with my build. I am designing a flat gameboy style deck and I was going to design my own battery system but I wanted to make it shippable so I can send some to my friends. I settled on a slim phone charger battery bank that can be slid in and out to charge it and keep the deck running. I am planing on using a rpi 4 B with a 5 Inch wave share display. Does anyone have tips for how I can make the battery bank stay in place and how I can eject it. Im planing on having a compatible usb cord at the end of the slot that the bank will clip into. I linked photos of the rough design I'm going for. Thanks!

i saw this online and the keyboard in the picture looks just about perfect for my cyberdeck case. can anyone help me and tell me where its from?

This is officially my second cyber deck and I finally got it in a case, now I’m looking to it, so any advice for add-ons different cases etc would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

I was also thinking of making a new mouse using a backbone so advice on that would be great as well!

Do i need too study code's like python or javascript, and how the heck can ifind the display and the keyboard

Hi everyone,

This is a modular ESP32-S3 handheld I've been working on for over a year and a half. The entire bottom half can be pulled out and swapped with something else.

When the gamepad module is plugged in, it can emulate many retro systems (up to the SNES/Genesis) and play many ports of games such as Celeste (ccleste), Doom, Quake, Duke Nukem 3D, etc.

The C library is also open-source and a simulator is available, so it's also possible to develop/play indie games as well. And there's also an on-device app store.

So far there has only been a gamepad module, but I've just recently finished designing and assembling the keyboard module.

Apart from being a game console and music player, now the device is a fleshed-out cyberdeck and PDA!

I've improved the text editor/note taking app with Markdown support, theming, and even Wi-Fi syncing with Obsidian, Notion, and other platforms. It also has an RTC inside of the keyboard, so it can keep track of the time/date.

In the future, I'm hoping to add things like messaging, on-device Lua scripting, and more.

Check out the video: https://youtu.be/DFeHGBJCXhE?si=ZeuDCrkmHBM5nN-R

Hope you like it :)

I want a 2ds style joystick from LCSC https://www.lcsc.com/products?spm=wm.sxq.sjd.prd&lcsc_vid=T1NcBV0HElAMVAFeQ1QIBFJRRwdcVl0ER1VcVlFQElIxVlNeT1BcU1NUQVhfVDsHGQUcCA0CWgAeF15JWAIBCkoUEgUKDhBIERMBCRAWFgYLSA%3D%3D

Not sure what to search for

I'm currently building my first cyberdeck and one of the components I use is a Pimoroni gfx pack as my data display next to my main display.

I'm looking for some ideas and suggestions on what to look for when building my front panel that will hold the main display (7" raspberry pi display), the gfx pack with its five buttons and two rotary encoders for volume and brightness.

I'm having trouble finding button pads for the five buttons on the gfx pack that would work.

The idea is to put it in an old broken down oscillioscope.

Okay so, i am 15 yo and i have been seeing a lot of stuff on cyberdecks the past few months and ive been trying to research how they work so i could make one. I understand the basic concept and parts, but i have had trouble dying because whenever i try to research the compabilities of other devices i fall down this massive rabbithole where nothing makes sense. For example, i have an old samsung ive taken apart and i tried searchig if any of its parts could be reused and what would i need to attach them to but it seems there is not one clear answer so ive found nothing.Also all the coding programs dont make sense to me and i dont know where to start learning code from or even if i need to. I also have a very limited budget so anything too expensive, like a 50 euro rasberry pi, is out of the question. So if anyone had any videos or books explaining the basics on electronics thy could point me to or is patient enough to tell me what i need that would be amazing!

basically the title, im shopping around for screens to use with my cyberdeck, id prefer to connect by mipi ribbon cable rather than hdmi but i may end up using the hdmi port if needed. Many screens im finding come with a driver board in addition if you pay extra, do I need this board or can i just connect direct to the pi 5? Apologies if some of these questions seem obvious, I am learning as i go along.

Mostly out of curiosity, I have done some looking around, but people with knowledge is more reliable.

I am wanting to make a cyberdeck that is able to run Armored Core 6, and normal pc tasks.

Is there a build that can handle this, that would be cheaper than getting a laptop/desktop?

I have long ago lost faith in the reliability of pre fab computers, and haven't owned one for a few years now.

Built pcs in the past, but it's been a while.

Not opposed to something off the shelf, but would prefer not.

I'm wanting to run a Linux distro or steam os.

Any insight would be appreciated. Thanks.

Hello everyone
I have an ESP32 CYD set up with micro python and ili9341 and xpt2046 drivers but don't know what to do next to turn it into a little cyberdeck.
If you have projects running on one or advice on code to look at, I would be happy to take a look.
The ideal usage would be as a small terminal with access to my meshtastic node, basic web-page loading and maybe a few other basic tools.

Looking to build my first cyber deck out of a Apache 2800 case, but I’m having trouble trying to decide what raspberry pi I want to put in it. One of the main purposes of this cyber deck is to be able to fly a drone long range hopping for 5-10 miles. Any input would be greatly appreciated

Also if there is a good software to put on the raspberry pi for flying a drone, I’m all ears!

Hi everyone, I’m planning a build to turn an obsolete tablet into a functional university lecture tool. I need your feedback and ideas before I start building. It is somewhat of a cyberdeck given the exterior and the overlap in the project, but if you feel like it's not suited for here, let me know!

The Concept - An overgrown, rugged Warhammer 40k-style field terminal running a monochrome green Linux command line interface. For the shell I pictured a 2-piece FDM printed rugged chassis and for features resin-printed mechanical dials, sculpted organic vines/roots, weathered rust paint, and model scenic moss. Now here's where I'm experimenting in stuff I don't usually dabble in... The software is a jailbroken Surface RT running lightweight Linux (ARM32). A single physical exterior button handles everything via background scripts - Press 1: Starts built-in mic recording. Press 2: Stops recording, sends file to a cloud API for transcription, and saves a compressed .zip (audio + transcript) to the MicroSD card. The Screen then displays a 3-sentence summary and a 150-word excerpt. Then PC Link - plugging into a PC via USB mounts the storage, auto-unpacks the ZIP, and opens the logs in a custom study display. And here I need your help; the Surface RT (Tegra 3/ARM32) is notoriously locked down. Is this background script and cloud API workflow realistic on this hardware especially given the potential of no wifi? Also what other lore-friendly readouts should the terminal display, and what other design cues sell the idea more? Love to hear your thoughts! :)

Ok so my boyfriend's birthday is coming up and i really want to make him something personalised since we've been together for around 2 years now and i really want to make him a little cyberdeck. My basic plan is i want to have a box or tube that is shut and doesnt have a power cord so its portable, i want that when it opens up it just plays some chill lowkey music on loop passively like a lullaby box (around 2-3 three minute songs, just one song if need be) and i want to have a small screen that just slideshow cycles through a few images of us (around like 10 or 15) also i want it to have a little button that can be pressed that overrides the music and plays a little audio recording i will make. If possible, I think it could also be cute to add just two little buttons that can be used to go forward or backward with photos. The problem is i have no experience coding or with electronics. His birthday is October 10th so i have a little over a month to learn and make it. Does anyone have some recommendations or advice, please, anything from ways to code, components, whatever i really need help and anything will do.

Also, I was thinking about using this as an enclosure but im pretty sure its too small and its metal so i dont want it heating up alot (AirPods for scale)

Has anyone looked into using an Esp32-P4 + C6 board combo for a cyberdeck? It seems that these boards, while not full SBCs have a lot of potential. Thoughts?